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Family slaughtered in more Iraqi bloodshed
Two hours agoGunmen slaughtered a Baghdad family in the latest bloodshed of an escalating sectarian conflict in Iraq. -
Three new suicides at Foxconn China
Six hours agoAll three workers jumped to their deaths at a plant in the central city of Zhengzhou run by the Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn. -
France legalises same-sex marriage
Eight hours agoFrench Justice Minister Christiane Taubira says the first gay marriages could be celebrated as early as June. -
Youth not 'emotionally attached' to cars
Eight hours agoAn award-winning US architect the lack of "emotional attachment" to the car shown by young people today may help solve the problem of gridlocked cities. -
Thief runs into speeding bus in botched escape
Eight hours agoA Colombian thief has been filmed on CCTV mistakenly sprinting into an oncoming bus after trying to steal a woman's mobile. -
Reports of 60 injured in US train accident
Eight hours agoA rail accident has backed up train travel in both directions along a stretch of the US east coast from New York to Boston. -
Lone female anteater stuns keepers with birth
Ten hours agoA giant anteater has stunned keepers after suddenly giving birth despite having been separated from her mate.
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Castro 'made daughters shower in underwear'
11 hours agoA US man accused of imprisoning three women in his home for a decade used to prey on his daughter's friends but was overprotective of his own children, insisting they wear shorts under skirts, T-shirts over their bathers and even shower "with underwear on".
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Americas weigh legalising cannabis
11 hours agoA new report says the regulation of some drugs would allow governments to reassign resources to the prevention and treatment of addicts. -
US girl dies on first solo drive while texting
12 hours agoA 16-year-old US girl has died on the very first drive her parents allowed her to take alone after texting behind the wheel, police say.
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